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Technology Compass for Education

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The rapid pace of technological development is affecting every aspect of
our society, and that naturally includes education. To build an independent
existence in the future, children have to be prepared for the emergence of
new technologies and taught how to use them. And that is the task of schools,
which have to help children to learn how to survive in a world in which more
and more of our private and working lives are spent online and in which the
volume of data available about our lives, learning processes and work is consequently
growing exponentially. Data which in turn feeds learning software
in intelligent machines such as robots, self-driving cars and miniature devices
on and inside our bodies and all around us. This ecosystem demands an infrastructure
that allows us to communicate (network), store data and software
(cloud) and interact with machines and with each other (devices). Schools have
to respond to these trends by enabling students to develop their talents, differentiating
in teaching practices and offering personalised education. And there
are various technologies available to help them achieve that.